Trump Border Czar Rages About Migrants Being Too 'Educated' About Rights in ICE Round-Ups

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Trump Border Czar Rages About Migrants Being Too ‘Educated’ About Rights in ICE Round-Ups
NOT FAIR!
“They call it ‘Know Your Rights.’ I call it ‘How to escape arrest,’” whined Tom Homan.
Liam Archacki
Breaking News Intern
Updated Jan. 28 2025 6:16PM EST
Published Jan. 28 2025 6:04PM EST


Donald Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, complained that immigrants in sanctuary cities are “very difficult” to arrest because they are “educated” about their rights when it comes to ICE raids.

Homan, who previously led ICE as its acting director, has made the rounds on media while the president’s effort to round up undocumented immigrants and deport them en masse got underway in major cities such as Chicago and New York since the weekend.

In a Monday appearance on CNN, he complained that “sanctuary cities are making it very difficult to arrest the criminals.”

“For instance, Chicago—very well-educated,“ Homan continued. ”They‘ve been educated on how to how to defy ICE, how to hide from ICE. I‘ve seen many pamphlets from many NGOs: ’Here‘s how you escape ICE from arresting you. Here‘s what you need to do.’"

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-border-czar-rages-about-migrants-being-too-educated-about-rights-in-ice-round-ups/

[Hotler]

1. Sticking it to the Man.

[TubbersUK]

2. "If you're upset that immigrants know their rights, it means you were planning on violating their rights."

Link to tweet

[OldBaldy1701E]

20. Hear Freaking Hear! (n/t)

[Bettie]

3. Awww....poor little fascist

doesn't want people knowing they have rights.

[dutch777]

4. To think you can announce your intents on roundups and have targets not react is pretty stupid.

This is more drama and for show than actual productive action. I wonder if they are even getting as many people per day as are still new ones slipping through the border somewhere? As long as immigrants can afford to come in as tourists or on temp work visas and then walk away when the time limits of those visas are up, this is all just an endless cycle. Unless Trump just stops all or at least targeted foreigners from entering, this is a giant exercise in tail chasing.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. "Waaah! They want us to play by the rules !! That's not fair to us! waaah!" . . . . . .nt

[2naSalit]

6. What a fucking ass...

Assuming that everyone is ignorant, especially those from outside the US.

[Prairie Gates]

7. There's a hint of the Wiley Coyote around this guy

ICE = ACME.

[Walleye]

8. This guy is really a thug. I get a visceral reaction.

Oh, and do they think these people they are throwing out won’t come back in at their first opportunity? Exercise in futility, expensive exercise

[UTUSN]

9. K&R for, 1-Hah!, 2-Surprise he allows any lawful protections

[prodigitalson]

10. The only resistance to our new dictatorship that is even marginally successful

is coming from the citizenry. This story tells me that all of those "don't answer the door" communications are having a positive effect. Gumming up the snitch line by reporting Elon Musk was inspiring too.

[travelingthrulife]

12. This is a good idea.

We should be reporting Elon and Melania every day.

[Jacson6]

11. Does this guy beat his wife & kids? n/t

[Linda ladeewolf]

14. Look at his face!

He’s probably worse than Hegseth.

[durablend]

19. They all do n/t

[SARose]

13. Department of Justice cuts off federally funded legal aid to detained immigrants

BY URIEL J. GARCÍA
JAN. 28, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice told immigration attorneys who aid detained immigrants through a federal program to stop providing legal services as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing changes to the immigration system, according to legal aid groups.

“To be told that we can't go in and help people is devastating. More so to the people we're trying to help who are being cut off from the outside world,” said Michael Luken, executive director for Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, the contractor that provides legal services. “We often hear people don't know what's happening or why they are detained: ‘What is going to happen next?’ And we were being stopped from reaching that basic level of orientation.”

The Jan. 22 DOJ memo told legal providers to “stop work immediately” in the four programs that provide legal services to detained immigrants, including the Legal Orientation Program, which Congress has funded since 2003. The other programs include Immigration Court Helpdesk, Counsel for Children Initiative and Family Group Legal Orientation Program.

"This email is to send you notification to stop work immediately pursuant to the Executive Order on the following task orders," the DOJ memo said, according to ABC News, which reported getting access to the memo.

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[republianmushroom]

16. The reason republicans want to keep them dumb and ignorant.

Knowing your rights makes things more difficult for authorities.

[NoMoreRepugs]

17. H-O-M-A-N is a synonym for buttwipe isn't it?

[NotHardly]

18. Trump hates the 'educated', because he's never read the Constitution

[Karasu]

21. Hence why the GOP loves the uneducated.